Nail-set.



s. H. ANGBLL.'

NAIL SET.-

' APPLICATION FILBDMAYM, 1910.

Patented 1161111911.

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fl1 @SITEFHEN' H. ANGELI.,v or NEW YORK, N. Y.'

NAILTSET.

T 0 all 'whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, STEPHEN I-I. ANGELI., a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, .in th'ecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Nail-Sets, of

.which the following is 'a specication.

This invention relates to nail sets and similar tools and its object is to provide a dc. io

vice by which nails may be positioned and driven in remote or out of the way places such as -is necessary in upholstering, cabinet and'carpenterwork and the Stringing of electric ywires and it consists of tool having an oit-set so that the tack, staple or nail may be set and 'driven home in situations or places not' capable of being reached by a hammerfby placing the point .or .lower end of the tool on the head of the nail and striking with a hammer the upper end, as will bemore fully 'described in the following speciication, set forth in the claims and illustrated in the drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tool. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 illustrate a modified construction of the tool to permit of the changing of the angle for the off-set. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 land 9 are views ofthe lower end showing how the tool may be constructed to provide for the holding of certain tacks or staples.

The tool consists of a bar l0 having at its upper end a head 11 of suicient breadth to permit of saine being easily struck bya haminer where the lower end 12 of the tool is off-set as shown and connected with the main .body` by the angular'portioi'i 18.

this purpose, the lower end 12 of the tool,

has a threaded stein 14 upon .which may be screwed a point 15 of ordinary construction.

In the modified forms of the point shown in'Figs. 5, G, 7, 8 and 9, the lower end of the point is either provided with sockets 16 for, the accommodation of brass headed tacks and the iron and steel body ordinarily covered bya brass sheathin magnetized so as to retain them in the soc ets or it may be provided Speceaton of Letters Patent; Pil-tnfcd FCI), 7,11 Q11; @pianetanietMay11,1910;` seriai'no. 560,661.

with plane sockets 17 with rounded inner corners as shown in Fig. G or angular corners as shown. in Fig. 7. These latter points are also magnet-ized toretain the tack while it is positioned but' thepoint may bacon strin-l'cd as shown in Fig. 8 with a recess 18 and a. slot 19 enteringr saine so that the head of the tack may be inserted in thev recess while the tack itself extends through the slot. After the Itack is positioned and the point removed from the head of the tack, it may be driven by the point because the' slot 19 will not. interfere with the o ration. The modied form shown in ig. 9vada ts the point for the locating and driving o a staple. In this instance a-horizontal slot 20 is cut inthe point vand in this'slot is hung the horizontal member of the staple.V After the staple has been positioned,'the point is withdrawn from its head and *the staple is further driven by the lower face of the point.

In case that it is found desirable to provide a tool where' nails and tacks are driven in places requiring a greater off-set of the tool than that shown in Fig. 1, it may be made in two parts 21 and 22 and cut away at the point of connection to overlap each -other. Each of these parts is provided with teeth 23 to engage each other and'when the screw'24 is inserted in the two parts and screwed to its limit, the sections 21 and 22l are clamped togetherand the teethcause a rigid engagement preventing the two parts from becoming dislocated and the angle' at which they 'are set is retained. It is obvious that other inodied forms may-be adapted when found desirable without departing from the essential features above described. What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1.4 In a nail set, the combination with a' rod bent to form an oliset and angular connection, of ahead, and a point with a slot in its lower e'nd to receive the head of the nail and adapted to be connected with the lower end of the rod.

2. In a nail set, the combination lwith a v rod having a head, of an angular extension substantially a continuation of the rod, a bolt-*adapted to connect the extension and the rod so as to permit of its angular adjustment, engaging teeth on the rod and extension at the point of connection, and apointadapted to be secured to the eirtensiony and having a socket in its end .for vthe head of a nail.

3. In a. nail set, the combination with a. rod having a head, of an olf-set conneeted with and forming a continuation of the rod adjusting means to regulate the angle '0i the off-set and a pointl adapted to be con nected with the off-set and having means for retaihg the nail while it is being positioned. v Il ilestrimony whereof I. affix my signature sence of twowitnesses. i j j VSTEPHEN H.: ANGELL. -Witnessesz 1 v A Q CHARLES LA RUE;

' .Inma F.. DUHAMEL. 

